Combined wheel-chair and baby-carriage



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J. A. CRANDALL. COMBINED WHEEL CHAIR AND BABY CARRIAGE.

No. 601,500. Patented Mar.29,1898.

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. NITED -TATES JESSE A. GRANDALL, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED WHEEL-CHAIR AND BABY-CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,500, dated March29, 1898.

Application filed August 6, 1897.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE A. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Baby-Carriageand Wheel-Chair, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved vehicle arranged for use as ababy-carriage, and Fig. 2 a perspective view arranged as a wheel-chair.

This invention has reference to that class of perambulators covered bymy former patent, No. 586,7 60, dated July 20, 1897, in which the bodyof the baby-carriage was divided transversely about midway its length,the front section being detachable to convert the baby-carriage into awheel-chair and the rear section being permanently supported on a pairof main transporting-wheels and provided with handles at its rear endand at its front end with a depending support and step-piece, thesupport preferably carrying a pair of supplemental small wheels. In saidpatent the front section is shown entirely detachable and the step-piecewas attached directly to the front depending support. My presentimprovements consist, essentially, in hinging the front section to thepermanent rear sec-' tion in such a manner that when the babycarriage isto be converted into a wheel-chair said front section may be droppeddown and permitted to rest upon the depending support carrying theauxiliary wheels, the curvature of the lower side of the front sectionbeing preferably made to conform to the curvature of said dependingsupport in order to firmly support the front section in its let-downposition and add symmetry to the appearance of the wheel-chair. Aportion of the bottom of the front section is hinged or made otherwiseremovable, so that it may be extended or swung outward when the frontsection is let down to afford a suitable step or foot-rest, as morefully hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings by letters, a designates the rear permanentsection of the body of the baby-carriage, this section being suitablysupported upon the main or large wheels Serial No. 647,314. (No'modeL) band being provided with the usual upwardprojecting handles a at its rearand with the depending forward-projecting support (1 at its front end,this support carrying the small auxiliary wheel e. The front section fof the body of the baby-carriage is hinged at its lower edge to thefront lower edge of the rear section and is held in place by a pair oflinks or arms 9, which are pivoted at their rear ends to the respectivesides of the rear section and have their front ends detachably connectedto the adjacent sides of the rear section, thereby supporting the latterin alinement with the front section and giving the body of the carriagethe appearance of the ordinary babycarriage. A transverse portion h ofthe bottom of the front section is pivoted at its forward end, as at h,and its front edge rests upon a flange or stop If.

When it is desired to convert the babycarriage into a Wheel-chair, it issimply necessary'to detach the links 9 from the front section and letthe latter down upon the depending support and then unfold or open outthe foot-rest h, which latter in its opened-out position rests uponsuitable stops h projecting inward from the sides of the front section,as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined baby-carriage and wheelchair, comprisinga pair ofsupporting-wheels, a carriage-body supported thereon and being dividedtransversely into two sections, the front section being movablyconnected to the rear section and adapted to drop down to convert thecarriage into a wheel-chair, a transverse section of the bottom of thefront section being movable, and means for supporting said transversemovable section between the sides of the front section when the same islet down, thereby converting said transverse section into a foot-rest.

2. In a combined baby-carriage and wheelchair,the combination oftransporting-wheels, a carriage-body divided transversely and the frontsection being movably connected to the rear section, to adapt the frontsection to be lowered, and a step or foot rest hinged to the frontsection and adapted to be swung out and afiord a foot-rest when thefront section is let down, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A combined baby-carriage and wheelchair, comprisingsupporting-Wheels, a carriage-body divided transversely, the frontsection being adapted to be let down to convert the Vehicle into 2twheel-chair, a depending support attached to the rear section and I0adapted to afford a support for the front section when the same is letdown, and a footrest supported between the sides of the front section,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JESSE A. CRANDALL.

Witnesses:

NOAH TEBBETTS, W'M. H. CUNNINGHAM.

